Bach - Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - Vocal Score baroque Nico Muhly

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Bach - Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - Vocal Score baroque Nico MuhlyJohann Sebastian Bachs Magnificat BWV 243 was composed in its first form in E flat, right at the beginning of Bachs period in Leipzig, possibly for the Visitation of Mary on July 2, 1723. Its performance on Christmas Day 1723 is well documented. Following a Leipzig tradition, Bach wrote four extra Christmas movements for this occasion. Only in the 1730s did Bach arrange the Magnificat into the well known version in D; the orchestration was slightly